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Rainbow Quilt
Rainbow Quilt
Rainbow Quilt

Rainbow Quilt

Artist Ross Palmer Beecher
MediumDisposable lighters, tin chewing tobacco lids, wire
Dimensions48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
ClassificationsMixed Media
Credit LineSeattle Public Utilities 1% for Art Portable Works Collection
Ross Palmer Beecher is a Seattle-based mixed media artist. Her sculptural artworks are often composed as quilts and constructed of recycled materials. She describes her work as inspired by folk-art and "the joy of resourcefulness that has become a way of life."

Beecher grew up in New England. She studied painting, printmaking, and illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). In 1978, she moved to Seattle and began making traditional quilts to relieve her homesickness for the Northeast.  
Hershey's Chocolate Quilt
Ross Palmer Beecher
1986
Brain Study #2
Ross Palmer Beecher
1995
Black and White Parlor Fan Quilt
Ross Palmer Beecher
2006
Ex-Patriot
Ross Palmer Beecher
Candy Cobweb Quilt
Ross Palmer Beecher
2003
Two Tall Men
Ross Palmer Beecher
1986
Ecology Flag
Ross Palmer Beecher
1990
Early Settler
Ross Palmer Beecher
1985
Motel Road Map
Ross Palmer Beecher
0007-04-80
Fish With Seaweed
Marita Dingus
1997